Venezuela fights opposition attempts to control economy via hoarding

Faced with an economic war that aims to disrupt the country's food sovereignty, the Venezuelan government ordered the relevant public bodies to distribute food in order to satisfy the demand of 80% of the population. Among these bodies are Mercal (Food Market) and Pdval (Venezuelan Food Distributor), which were created by former president Hugo Chavez in order to face the 2002-2003 crisis. teleSUR